They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time.
SITTING BULLEach man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
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Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
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Our religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all have a different God. Why cannot we have one of our own?
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If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans, and in my heart he put other and different desires. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!
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It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land.
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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be left to us forever. Now they threaten to take that from us also.
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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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